Copy-ready prompts for Nano Banana 2.1, Google's newest image model — each shown with the real image it generated. Use them as they are, or swap in your own subject, style and text.
Prompt Writing Tips
Be specific about the subject, setting and composition — say what goes where.
Put text in quotes and keep it short; use 2K or 4K when the lettering is small.
Using references? Upload up to 14 images and say what each one is for.
Name your characters and repeat their key traits to keep up to 4 of them consistent.
To change one area, name it and describe only the change, then add 'keep everything else unchanged'.
Text & Design
Coffee shop poster with clean typography
4:5 · 2K
Design a professional promotional poster for a coffee shop. Composition: a cinematic close-up of a steaming cappuccino on a rustic wooden table, autumn leaves in the background, cozy atmosphere. Text: main title "Autumn Special" in elegant gold serif typography at the top; "Buy One Get One Free" in a modern badge on the side; "Limited Time Only" in small clean text at the bottom. Ensure all text is perfectly spelled and integrated into the image's depth of field.
Luxury product shot of a minimalist frosted-glass perfume bottle labeled "AURA No.7", floating on still dark water, surrounded by blush-pink peonies. Golden-hour glow creates soft reflections and gentle ripples. Ethereal, luxurious mood, high-end commercial photography, low three-quarter angle, shallow depth of field with soft bokeh. Elegant serif headline "Bloom After Dark" at the top, small caption "Eau de Parfum · 50 ml" at the bottom. All text perfectly spelled and sharp.
Put this whole text, verbatim, into a photo of a glossy magazine article on a desk, with photos, beautiful typography design, pull quotes and brave formatting. The text: "The Quiet Return of Slow Travel — Trains are back. Travelers are trading airport lounges for sleeper cabins, discovering that the journey itself can be the destination."
A wide quote card with a warm brown background. Light-gold serif text: "Small steps every day add up to big change." Below it in small type: "— Banana2-1 Daily". A large faint quotation mark behind the text. Left third: an abstract line-art illustration of a person climbing stairs with a soft gradient fade; right two-thirds: the text. Clean, elegant, print-ready.
A realistic photo of a futuristic cyberpunk business card held in the left hand: a horizontal borderless acrylic card, standard 3.5 × 2 inches, filling most of the frame. Smooth rounded edges with a soft neon glow in a blue-pink-purple gradient, dark blurred background, cinematic reflections on the fingertips. Crisp engraved-looking text: name "Alex Rivera", title "Creative Technologist", company "Nova Labs" with a simple wordmark logo, phone icon "+1 555 0142", email icon "alex@novalabs.example", website icon "novalabs.example". Balanced layout, clear hierarchy.
Create an educational infographic explaining photosynthesis. Visual elements: the Sun, a green plant, water (H2O) entering the roots, carbon dioxide (CO2) entering the leaves, oxygen (O2) and glucose being produced. Clean flat vector illustration suitable for a high-school science textbook, arrows showing the flow of energy and matter, every element clearly labeled in English, title "How Photosynthesis Works".
A professional financial Sankey diagram of a fictional company "Acme Robotics" FY2025 income statement, flowing left to right: Revenue $12.4B split into Hardware $7.1B, Software $3.9B, Services $1.4B → Gross Profit $5.2B and Cost of Revenue $7.2B → Operating Expenses (R&D $1.8B, Sales & Marketing $1.1B, G&A $0.5B) → Operating Income $1.8B → Net Profit $1.4B. Flat vector style, off-white background, teal as the brand color for revenue and profit flows, red for costs. Every node labeled with name and value, numbers perfectly legible.
A children's vocabulary poster titled "At the Amusement Park", vertical A4 learning-poster layout for ages 5–9. Big colorful hand-lettered title at the top with sticker-style decorations. Center: a bright cartoon amusement park with a roller coaster, Ferris wheel, carousel, ticket booth, balloons, ice cream, popcorn and a friendly staff member waving. Each object has a clean label with its English word: roller coaster, Ferris wheel, carousel, ticket booth, balloon, ice cream, popcorn, staff. Clear outlines, not crowded.
A recipe infographic for "Classic Shakshuka", top-down illustrated style on a cream background. Sections: Ingredients (6 eggs, 1 onion, 1 red bell pepper, 2 garlic cloves, 800 g crushed tomatoes, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp paprika, feta, parsley) with small icons; 5 numbered steps with mini illustrations; a finished pan photo-real at the center. Header with time "30 min" and servings "4". All text crisp and correctly spelled.
A single 16:9 presentation slide titled "Why Remote Teams Win". Left: three key points with icons — "Access to global talent", "Higher focus time", "Lower office costs (–30%)". Right: a clean bar chart comparing average weekly focus hours, Office 14 h vs Remote 22 h. Modern corporate design, navy and coral palette, generous whitespace, all text sharp and legible.
A minimalist summer music festival poster: a giant slice of watermelon as a stage, tiny crowd in front, sunset gradient sky. Headline "Summer Sound Festival", sub-line "August 15–17 · Riverside Park". Render all text in العربية: مهرجان صوت الصيف / ١٥–١٧ أغسطس · حديقة ريفرسايد, correctly spelled, with typography appropriate for that language and correct reading direction.
A minimalist summer music festival poster: a giant slice of watermelon as a stage, tiny crowd in front, sunset gradient sky. Headline "Summer Sound Festival", sub-line "August 15–17 · Riverside Park". Render all text in English, correctly spelled, with typography appropriate for that language and correct reading direction.
A minimalist summer music festival poster: a giant slice of watermelon as a stage, tiny crowd in front, sunset gradient sky. Headline "Summer Sound Festival", sub-line "August 15–17 · Riverside Park". Render all text in 日本語: サマーサウンド・フェスティバル / 8月15日〜17日 · リバーサイドパーク, correctly spelled, with typography appropriate for that language and correct reading direction.
A minimalist summer music festival poster: a giant slice of watermelon as a stage, tiny crowd in front, sunset gradient sky. Headline "Summer Sound Festival", sub-line "August 15–17 · Riverside Park". Render all text in 中文：夏日声音音乐节 / 8月15日–17日 · 河畔公园, correctly spelled, with typography appropriate for that language and correct reading direction.
A labeled scientific illustration of an animal cell in cross-section for a biology textbook. Clearly show and label: nucleus, nucleolus, rough endoplasmic reticulum, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, lysosome, ribosomes, cell membrane, cytoplasm. Clean vector style, soft pastel colors, thin leader lines to each label, white background, title "Animal Cell Structure".
A graphical abstract for a research paper on microplastics in coastal waters. Left panel: sampling sites along a coastline map with sample bottles. Middle panel: lab analysis — filtration, microscope, spectroscopy icons. Right panel: key finding — a simple bar chart showing microplastic concentration rising from 120 to 480 particles per liter from 2015 to 2025, and a fish icon with a warning symbol. Arrows connect the panels left to right. Journal-style flat vector design, white background, concise labels.
A mechanism schematic of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing: the Cas9 protein guided by a guide RNA binds to the target DNA next to a PAM sequence, cuts both strands, and the cell repairs the break by NHEJ (small insertion/deletion) or HDR (with a donor template). Step-by-step from left to right with numbered stages, color-coded molecules, clean labels, scientific illustration style on white.
A publication-quality multi-panel figure, panels labeled A–D. A: line chart of tumor volume over 28 days for Control vs Treatment with error bars. B: bar chart of survival rate at day 60 (Control 20%, Treatment 65%) with significance asterisks. C: representative microscopy images, two tiles, with scale bars. D: schematic of the dosing schedule on a timeline. Consistent color scheme (gray for control, blue for treatment), clean sans-serif axis labels, white background.
An exploded-view technical illustration of a retro red mirrorless camera, showing all parts floating in precise alignment: lens elements, filter, lens mount, image sensor, shutter unit, circuit boards, battery, dials, buttons, screws, viewfinder and body shell. Thin callout lines with part labels, studio lighting, light gray background, ultra-detailed product-design render.
Packaging design mockup for an artisanal honey brand "Golden Hive": a hexagonal glass jar with a kraft-paper label, a matching gift box beside it, and a wooden honey dipper. Label text: "Golden Hive", "Raw Wildflower Honey", "Net Wt. 340 g". Warm natural light on a linen surface, bees-and-flowers line-art pattern on the box. All text crisp and correctly spelled.
A high-quality realistic 3D render of exactly one pair of wireless earbuds in their open charging case, floating and gently tilted in 3D space on a soft minimalist dark background. Left half: full realism with accurate materials, reflections and proportions, completely opaque. Right half: a hard cut to a clean wireframe interior diagram showing the battery, circuit board, drivers and magnets. A sharp vertical boundary, no blending.
An ultra-HD hyper-realistic poster of a floating miniature island shaped like Japan, resting on white clouds in the sky. Blend iconic landmarks, mountains, cherry blossoms, coastlines and cultural elements. Carve "JAPAN" into the terrain in large white 3D letters. Native birds, cinematic lighting, vivid colors, aerial perspective and sun reflections.
An isometric 3D cube-shaped miniature room (shallow cutaway, everything contained strictly inside the cube): a cozy living room with a beige fabric sofa, round walnut coffee table, monstera plant, bookshelf, framed prints and a large window. Warm afternoon light, realistic reflections and soft colored shadows. Slightly elevated three-quarter isometric view, photoreal materials, neutral background.
Surreal miniature-world poster: an oversized open blue tin of hand cream repurposed as a whimsical swimming pool filled with glossy white cream-water. Tiny sunbathers float in pastel swim rings, lounge on miniature deck chairs and slide in from a small blue slide. Warm matte stone countertop, soft shadows, pastel umbrellas and a tiny wooden deck. No real brand logos.
Create a character lineup of four friends on a plain background: Mia (short curly red hair, yellow raincoat), Leo (tall, glasses, green hoodie), Sana (long black braid, denim jacket), and Otto (a small white terrier with a blue collar). Full body, consistent soft 3D illustration style.
Make a collage of the story of "Little Red Riding Hood" from end to start: 9 panels in a 3×3 grid, each panel a key scene in reverse order, consistent characters and painterly storybook style, tiny caption numbers 9 → 1 in the corners.
Create a photorealistic image of exactly four people sitting at a round wooden table in a modern café. The person closest to the camera wears a green sweater and holds a blue ceramic mug in their left hand. The person on the left wears a black jacket and is looking at a closed red book. The person on the right wears a white shirt and is using a silver laptop. The fourth person sits opposite the camera and wears a yellow hat. There should be exactly four coffee cups on the table, one per person, and no additional people in the scene.
Look up today's weather in Tokyo first. Then create a vertical 9:16 isometric 3D miniature scene viewed from 45° above, with Tokyo's most iconic landmark at the center. Blend today's actual weather into the buildings and sky. Soft PBR materials, gentle realistic lighting, minimal composition on a soft solid background. At the top center: the city name "Tokyo" in large type, a weather icon below it, then today's date in very small type and the temperature range in medium type.
Create a vertical timeline infographic of Marie Curie's life: born in Warsaw (1867), moves to Paris to study (1891), discovers polonium and radium with Pierre Curie (1898), Nobel Prize in Physics (1903), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911), mobile X-ray units in World War I (1914–1918), dies (1934). Elegant vintage scientific style, small illustrations for each milestone, years in bold, short one-line captions, title "Marie Curie: A Life in Science". Make sure every date is historically accurate.
Ultra-wide 21:9 panorama of terraced tea fields on misty mountains at sunrise. Golden light rakes across the curved terraces, low clouds fill the valleys, tiny tea pickers in conical hats for scale. Crisp detail from foreground leaves to distant ridges, seamless continuous horizon with no repeated or tiled patterns. Landscape photography, 24mm, f/8.
A spectacular vintage screen-print illustration of a tall colorful lighthouse standing alone on a dark rocky island in a vast nighttime ocean. The lighthouse has geometric blocks of cream, hot pink, yellow and cobalt blue, with a dark blue roof. Its powerful yellow beam sweeps across the sky in a huge curved arc. Deep blue ocean with stylized white waves fills the bottom of the image. Dense halftone dots cover every surface, with rough paper texture and imperfect ink registration. Limited retro CMYK palette, flat graphic shapes, 1970s children's storybook screen-print aesthetic, mysterious and magical atmosphere, no text, 16:9.
Describe the subject, setting, composition and style in plain sentences, and say where things go. Put any text you want in the image in quotes, and pick the aspect ratio that fits where the image will be used.
Can I use these prompts for free?
Yes — copy any prompt, or click Try this prompt to open it in the generator. Accounts with a verified email get 10 free credits every month (5 images at 1K). The examples were made at 2K or 4K, which need a paid plan or credit pack.
Why does my image look different from the example?
Each generation is a new variation, so the same prompt gives a different image every time. Resolution matters too: small text and fine detail look sharper at 2K or 4K.
Can I get text in other languages in the image?
Yes. Write the text in quotes in the language you need — the multilingual examples above render English, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic text.
